ALICIA CHEN RECEIVES THE 2018 HAGADORN AWARD

Congratulations to Alicia Chen, who has been chosen as the “2018 Hagadorn Award” winner. Established in 1983, the Hagadorn Award is given to the top junior Biology major based on academic and research excellence and contributions to the Biology Department. This award was established in honor of Dr Irvine Hagadorn, former Chair of the Department of Zoology at UNC. This award will be presented by Chancellor Folt at the Chancellor’s Awards Ceremony on April 24, 2018. READ MORE >>

FRANK CONLON’S LAB PUBLISHES IN “CELL REPORTS”

Congratulations to the Frank Conlon lab for the recent publication of their paper entitled “Initiating Events in Direct Cardiomyocyte Reprogramming” in CellReports. Their work conducted in collaboration with the Qian (UNC) and Cristea (Princeton) labs led to the identification and quantification of the protein pathways that initiate the first steps in the direct reprogramming of a fibroblast into a cardiomyocyte.

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